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Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks website where leaked secret documents were published, asked France for asylum in an open letter to president of France, Francois Hollande. He received an answer from Hollande’s office promptly saying that it would not be able to comply with his request.
The 44-year old Julian Assange was granted political asylum by Ecuador in 2012 for revealing secret information, most notably a series of US military and diplomatic files provided by former US soldier ... ...

In Paris police started evacuating hundreds of migrants from a tent camp near a major train station and tourist area – a patch of increasingly crowded pavement that has become a symbol of Europe’s struggle in facing a surge of migrants.
The migrants, mostly from East Africa, took agonizing journeys to arrive in the French capital but now find themselves in legal limbo, with no job and apartment opportunities. They have been living near the Eurostar train tracks to Britain, below an elevated ... ...